Display-form.



E. T. PALMENBERG.

DISPLAY FORM.

APPLICATION HLED JULY 6, ma.

1 ,284,4:36. Patented Nov. 12; 1918.

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EMIL THEO. PALMEN BERG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO J. R. PALMENBERG SONS. INC., 013 NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

DISPLAY-FORM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 6, 1918. Serial N 0. 243,694.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL T. PALMENBERG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and Stateof New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Display-Forms, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to display forms such as are used in show windows, snow rooms and other places, and its object is to provide certain new and useful improvements in display forms whereby the user is enabled to readily adjust the display form to insure an erect, correct pose, in case the floor of the window or other support is uneven or inclined. Another object is to permit of adjusting the display form relative to the shoes or other footwear to insure a correct pose when using footwear with heels of dilferent height. Another object is to render the adjusting device invisible and to permit the draper or user of the display form to make the desired adjustment without removing or disturbing the clothing or drapery.

With these and other objects in View, the inventian consists of certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a side elevation of the display form provided with the improved ad usting device;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of the legs of the display form with the parts of the adjusting device retracted 1nt0 inactive position;

Fig. 3 is a similar view of the same wlth the adjusting device projected;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional s1de elevation of a portion of the leg provided with the adjusting device;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional s1de elevation of part of the adjusting device; and

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the locking member of the adjusting device. j Each of the legs 10 of the display form 11 illustrated in Fig. 1 is provided with a foot 12 adapted to be engaged b a shoe, pump, slipper or similar footwear 13 adapted to rest on the bottom of the display window,

floor or other support 1 1. In order to compensate for any unevenness in the support 14 or inclination thereof, or the varying height of the heel of the footwear 13, use is made of an adj usting member 15 preferably in the form of a button held normally retracted in a recess 16 formed in the under The adjusting member 15 is provided with Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

a rod or shank 20 mounted to slide up and down in a sleeve 21 held in a recess 22 formed in the leg 10, as plainly shown in Figs. at and 5. The rod 20 is provided at its upper portion with annular threads or ridges 23, and a spring 24 is coiled on theupper reduced end 25 of the rod 20, and'this spring rests on the uppermost thread 23 and abuts with its upper end against'the top 26 of the sleeve 21. The spring 241s compressed at the time the adjusting member 15 is held retracted in the recess 16. The reduced end 25 of the rod 20 extends through the top 26 and terminates at its upper end in a shoulder or collar 27 adapted to rest on the top 26-to limit the downward movement of the rod 20 and its adjusting member 15.

The teeth 23 of the rod 20 are adapted to be engaged by the teeth 30 formed on the inner face of a locking member 31 having an enlarged opening 32 through which extends the sleeve 21. The locking member 31 is mounted to slide transversely in a tu-' bular casing 33 screwed or otherwise secured in a recess 34 formed transversely in the back of the leg 10. The front of the sleeve 33 is provided with a cut-out portion 35 for the passage of the front of the locking member 81 to permit of engaging the teeth 30 with the teeth 23 or disengaging the same therefrom. The locking member 31 is provided witha shank 40 mounted to slide in a guide 41 forming an integral part of the casing 38, and on the end of the shank 40 is secured a button 42 extending within the rear end of the casing 31. A spring 43 is coiled on the shank 40 and is seated on the guide or bearing 41 and presses against the button 42 to normally hold the teeth 30 of the locking member 31 in engagement with the teeth 23 of the rod 20. By reference to Figs. 4 and '5 it will be noticed that the button 42 is in close proximity to the back of the leg 10 so that the draper or other person can readily press the button 42 to disengage the teeth 30 from the teeth 23 to allow the spring 24 to press the rod 20 downward thus moving the adjusting member 15 into adjusted position, that is, in contact with the top of the heel of the footwear 13 to adjust the foot 12 relative to the footwear. It is evident that if the footwear is standing on an even or uneven support 14, the adjusting member 15 moves the display figure into erect, correct posing position instead] of in the undesirable inclined position in case such adjustment could not be made. It will further be noticed that the rod 20 can be readily allowed to move downward a longer or a shorter distance according to the adjustment to be made, it being understood that the operator releases the button 42 as soon as the adjustment is made to reengage the teeth 30 with thevteeth 23 thus locking the rod 20 in the adjusted position. WVhen the rod 20 has reached its extreme downward position the head 27 rests on the top 26 of the sleeve 21 thus limiting the downwardmovement of the rod and the adjusting member 15. It will be noticed that if the leg 10 is inoased in a stocking the draper or other person can still reach the button 42 for pressing the same with a view to release the rod 20 for adjusting purposes of the member 15, as above explained. It is further understood that the stocking is sufficiently pliable to allow the downward movement of the adjusting member 15 and to allow the heel portion of the stocking to follow such member within the footwear 13. "When it is desired to return the adjusting member 15 to retracted position it is only necessary for the operator to push the adj'usting member 15 upward while pressing the button 42 until the adjusting member 15 is reseated in the recess 16, after which the operator releases the pressure on the button 42 to cause the locking member 31 to lock the rod 20 in uppermost position. From the foregoing it will be seen that by the arrangement described the draper or user is enabled to readily adjust the display form for the latter to assume an erect correct position in case the floor of the window or other support is uneven or inclined or in case the heels of the footwear 13 vary in height. It will also be noticed that the draper or user can readilyunanipulate the adjusting device without removing or disturbing the clothing or draperies.

lhe leg 10 and its foot 12 are made in the usual sections fastened together by a screw 50 and bolt 51 but this arrangement forms no part of my present invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a display form, a leg having a foot, and an adjusting member normally held in a retracted position in the said leg and adapted to be projected a desired distance at the under side of the heel of the foot to raise the heel relative to the toe of the foot.

2. In a display form, a leg having a foot, an adjusting member normally held in retracted position in the said leg and adapted to be projected at the underside of the heel of the foot, and manually controlled locking and releasing means to hold the adjusting member in retracted or adjusted position.

3. In a display form, a leg having a foot, a sleeve held in the said leg, a spring-pressed adjustingrod mounted to slide in the said sleeve and having an enlarged member at the bottom normally held retracted in the under side of the heel, the rod having teeth, and a spring-pressed locking member extending transversely and adapted to engage the said teeth to lock the rod in retracted or projected position.

4. In a display form, a leg having a foot, a sleeve held in the said leg, a springpresse d adjusting rod mounted to slide in the said sleeve and having an enlarged member at the bottom normally held retracted in the under side of the heel, the rod having teeth, a transverse casing mounted in the leg, a locking member slidable in the said casing and provided with a locking lug adapted to engage the said teeth, a spring pressing the said locking member to'hold the lug in looking engagement with the said teeth, and a button on the said locking member.

5. In a display form, a leg having a foot, an adjusting member normally held in retracted position in the said leg and adapted to be projected at the under side of the heel of the foot, manually ontrolled locking and releasing means to hold the adjusting member'in retracted or adjusted position, and means to limit the downward sliding movement of the said adjusting member.

6. In a display form, a leg having a foot, a sleeve held in the said leg, a spring pressed 10 ing engagement With the said teeth a button on the said locking member, and a collar on the upper end of the said rod and adapted to engage the top of the sleeve.

In a display form a leg having a foot,

and adjustable means held on the leg and 15 extending downward from the bottom of the heel of the foot to raise the heel relative to the toe of the foot.

EMIL THEO. PALMENBERG- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

